Cat owners and lovers have often wandered why their lovely pets snip up bits and pieces of her meal.It has been revealed that cats have multi functional bitter taste receptors, so they can actually determine what is beneficial and whats harmful.These receptors are safety instincts that protect them from consuming potentially harmful substances, the research suggests that cats have at least seven functional bitter taste receptors. Further, a comparison of cat to related species with differing dietary habits reveals that there does not appear to be a strong relationship between the number of bitter receptors and the extent to which a species consumed plants in its diet.
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The findings question the common hypothesis that bitter taste developed primarily to protect animals from ingesting poisonous plant compound. Read more here;
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/10/151021144650.htm
